Hose-supporter



(No Model.)

. P. F. DANIELS.

HOSE SUPPQRTER.

No. 471,104. Patented-Mara 22, 1892.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

PI-IILANDER F. DANIELS, OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,104, dated March22, 1892. Application filed November 10, 1891. Serial No. 411,503. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILANDER F. DANIELS, of Waltham, in the county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exactto enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved, hose-supporter; Fig. 2, an elevation showing the same in use,and Fig. 3 a like view illustrating a modification.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to clasps for garment or hosesupporters; andit consists in certain novel features hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper,and more effective device of this character than is nowin ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improve ment will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the clasp considered as a whole, saidclasp being constructed of a single strip of spring metal bent or cut toform an approximately-U-shaped spring. The end of one arm b of thespring is bent laterally in the plane of the clasp to form a hook-shapedloop cl. On the corresponding end of the opposite armf a button g isformed, which is adapted to be inserted in the loop cl, said buttonprojecting laterally from the clasp at right angles to the plane of theloop. The bottom h of the springispreferably bowed outward on the arc ofa circle, and an elastic tape 2', adapted to encircle the legs, has itsends secured in said circular portion. The tension of the elastic tapewhen the device is in use tends to spread the arms d f and jam the hookd against the bottom or head 9. Preferably one end of the tape isdetachably secured to the circular portion h, so

description. The arms I) f being of appreciable length render the deviceapplicable for use with stockings varying in length, avoiding thenecessity of vertical adjustment of the clasp.

The form shown in Fig. l is particularly adapted for use by women, oneend only of the tape 7 being secured to the clasp, the opposite endbeing attached to the garments of the wearer. This form is shown asconstructed of a strip of spring-wire, theinner ends of the arm adjacentto the portion hot the arms being bent inward at m to form supplementalsprings, so that the tension of the strap i on the clasp will tend tospread said arms and bind the loop or hook cl onto the head g in mannerabove described.

It will be understood that the hook d may be substituted by any form ofloop which is applicable to receive the head or projection on thecompanion spring-arm and clamp the cloth against said head. The claspmay be died from a single sheet of metal, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, ormay be formed from a strip of spring-wire bent into the required shape,as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- In ahose-supporter, the clasp A, compris: ing an approXimately-U-shapedspring having a button or head on one of its arms and a hook or loopforming a horizontal opening on the opposite arm, in combination with atape secured to said spring and adapted to spread said arms,substantially as described.

PHILANDER F. DANIELS. Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE.

